US Patent Issued to Mitsubishi Chemical UK on May 27 for "Catalyst and a process for the production of ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acids or esters" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,340, issued on May 27, was assigned to Mitsubishi Chemical UK Ltd. (Billingham, Great Britain).

"Catalyst and a process for the production of ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acids or esters" was invented by Adam Cullen (Redcar, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catalyst including a modified silica support having a titanium modifier metal, and a catalytic metal on the modified silica support. A proportion of the modifier metal is present in the form of mononuclear titanium moieties or is derived from a mononuclear titanium cation source at the commencement of modification. The invention also discloses a corresponding...